| John William Carleton - 1869 - 654 pages
...Over-lire it •" Cheer up, Sammy 1" bless me, wherefore should I care ? I will mix my liquor stronger, lest I wither by despair. What is that which I should turn to P — places filled by purchased votes — Foreign Office barr'd with gold, opening but to ten-pound... | |
| 1847 - 574 pages
...come to me. Never mind ; I will be happy ! Tell me, wherefore should I care ? I myself will brine an action, lest I wither by despair. What is that which I should turn to, lighting upon days like these V Every door is barred with interest — that 's the only road to fees. Every Court is thronged with... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...feelings—she herself was not exempt— Overlive it—lower yet—be happy ! wherefore should I care 1 I myself must mix with action, lest I wither by despair....which I should turn to, lighting upon days like these ? Ev^ry door is barr'd with gold, and opens but to golden keys. Every gate is throng'd with suitors,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...— Perish in thy self-contempt ! Overlive it — lower yet — be happy ! wherefore should I care 1 I myself must mix with action, lest I wither by despair....throng'd with suitors, all the markets overflow. I have hut an angry fancy: what is that which I should do ! I had been content to perish, falling on the foeman's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...she herself was not exempt — Truly, she herself had suffer 'd " — Perish in thy selfcontempt ! Overlive it — lower yet — be happy ! wherefore...What is that which I should turn to, lighting upon davs like these ? Every door is barr'd with gold, and opens but to golden keys. Every gate is throng... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 pages
...down a daughter's heart. " They were dangerous guides the feelings — she herself was not exempt — Overlive it — lower yet — be happy ! wherefore...mix with action, lest I wither by despair. What is it that which I should turn to, lighting upon days like these ? Every door is barr'd with gold, and... | |
| 1851 - 790 pages
...• . 343 THE Cjwrdwan's Companion* PARTLY. VOL. X.1 [JULY, 1851. THE TWO GUARDIANS. CHAPTER XIV. " What is that which I should turn to lighting upon...is barr'd with gold and opens but to golden keys. ***** Yearning for the large excitement that the coming years would yield, Eager-hearted as a boy when... | |
| William Howitt - 1847 - 566 pages
...daughter, into the world's philosophy — all is masterly. Not less so the portraiture of the age :— " What is that which I should turn to, lighting upon days like these ? Every door is barred with gold, and opens but with golden keys. Every gate is thronged with suitors, all the markets... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 1848 - 612 pages
...man complains with a tolerably audible voice, — " What is that which I should turn to, lightingupon days like these ? Every door is barr'd with gold, and opens but to golden keys." Mammon has spell-bound our race ; and by his wand has transformed men into very pigmies. There are... | |
| 1848 - 322 pages
...can such triflings as these succeed. The soul of man complains with a tolerahly andihle voice, — " What is that which I should turn to, lighting upon days like these ? Every \loor is harr'd with gold, and opens hut to golden keys." Mammon has spell-hound our race ; and hy... | |
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